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Collector's Encyclopedia of Russell Wright: Identification and Values »

Authors: Ann Kerr, Ann Collector's Kerr
ISBN-13: 9781574322569, ISBN-10: 1574322567
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Collector Books
Date Published: April 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Ann Kerr

Ann Kerr was an avid Russel Wright collector and researchers of his works for many years. She was able to finish writing her third edition of the Collector's Encyclopedia of Russel Wright before she passed away in 2001.

Book Synopsis

In addition to the dinnerware collectibles, Collector's Encyclopedia of Russel Wright also features the furniture, housewares, lamps, wood, metal works, fabrics, and numerous other items sought by collectors and dealers. Hundreds of photos, including vintage catalogs and advertisements, and revised values for all items to reflect today's ever-changing market.

	Acknowledgments	4
	The Importance of Manitoga and Dragon Rock	6
	Beginning Again	8
	Pricing in General	12
	Russel Wright, His Life, His Mantra	13
	More on Marks	29
	Color Charts	34
	Metals in a New Age	35
	Furniture, for a New Generation	68
	His Own Light	104
	Woods From the Oceans	118
	Modernism in American Dinnerware	127
	Functional Iroquois	142
	Sterling in the Home	160
	The Elegance of Highlight	174
	White Clover, Pattern for the First Time	180
	Knowles Esquire, the Designer's Favorite	187
	Naturalistic Bauer, Everyone's Choice	195
	More on Cutlery	203
	Putting Plastics in their Place	209
	There Had to Be Glass	221
	Fabrics for the Table	235
	For It Was Mary	243
	Themes for the '60s	255
	The Best of the Rest	263
	Wright's American-Way Program, Another World of Modernism	273
	Chronology	281
	Bibliography	284
	Price Guide	285